VXL-30 RAM contention with GVP series II HD RAM

[billt]

When I ran my VXL030 I used romtagmem (should eb on aminet or someplace like that) to map in the high memory. Took a reboot to do that, but then it was able to remap kickstart up there too and have 32bit  "ROM". I don't remember if I ran Zorro2 or other memory or not with it, but I didn't map VXL030 memory low, and I did not use their own utility for it high.

[tone007]

Hmm... good to hear the power supply is up to the task! Re: the cap issue, do you remember what version mobo you had? Mine is a 6.x (rock lobster) and I've read (and have seen pics) where a cap south of the cpu socket gets in the way.

I've used revs 5a and 8a (500+,) I think I remember that cap and in both cases it was easy to bend it over.  Maybe I just got lucky.

[save2600]

When I ran my VXL030 I used romtagmem (should eb on aminet or someplace like that) to map in the high memory. Took a reboot to do that, but then it was able to remap kickstart up there too and have 32bit  "ROM". I don't remember if I ran Zorro2 or other memory or not with it, but I didn't map VXL030 memory low, and I did not use their own utility for it high.

Thanks for the software tip billt! I'll give that a try sometime soon here and see if that helps.

[save2600]

Thanks for the software tip billt! I'll give that a try sometime soon here and see if that helps.

We have bonanza!

That was it billt, that did the trick! Now the setup is working as I thought it should. 16-bit 8mb Fast from the GVP combo card and 8mb of 32-bit RAM off the VXL. All 16megs are showing now, whee!  

[save2600]

Thanks Billt!

We have bonanza, that did the trick! Now the setup is working as I thought it should: 16-bit 8mb Fast from the GVP combo card and 8mb of 32-bit RAM off the VXL. All 16megs are showing now, whee!

@Mongo, I couldn't get the setvxl program to play nice. It doesn't like its 'use' switch. Either in CLI or a string in startup-sequence. Always returns a 'Wrong number of arguments' error. The only way I can get this to work is to type 'setvxl addmem', press enter and then type 'use' and then press enter again. And the results are flakey as hell. Sometimes the computer would reset. Sometimes it wouldn't. Sometimes it would only allow 2mb to show, while other times it would show the full 8mb. Weird.

But the ROMTagMem program works a treat, so I guess I'll just be using that instead  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Hi!

Sorry to drag up such an old thread, but I came across it a month or two back while googling and wanted to say thanks, that the solution they provided works perfect for me as well.  I'm able to use the 2MB of fast on my VXL*30 and 8MB on my GVP sidecar with no issues, for a total of 10MB fast and 2MB chip in my A500.

Attached are a couple screenshots of my config (since romtagmem can be kind of tricky), if anyone else ever comes across this dilemma in the future.  You'll see I'm actually doing a double reboot during startup, once to add the extra 2MB high and again to add things like Peter K.'s updated libraries.  Boot time is still only a minute or two, just enough time to get a cup of coffee.    Pretty much all libraries then load into the 32-bit fast, as well as the ROM, for best performance.  Only downside is with my config it eats up nearly all of my 32-bit fast - still trying to hunt down the correct chips to upgrade my VXL to 8MB, as well.  

[SviRu]

Can you please post ss of your ROMTagMem config? I just bought VXL30 and GVP sidecar. Thanks! Plus I cannot find ROMTagMem anywhere.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Can you please post ss of your ROMTagMem config? I just bought VXL30 and GVP sidecar. Thanks! Plus I cannot find ROMTagMem anywhere.

Wow!  Holy nostalgia, batman.  I got an email that you'd tagged me.  My login for this site hasn't worked for a couple years, and honestly my A500 has sat in a box since we moved five years ago.  Life and work got in the way, you know how it goes.  I guess screenshots on this site got purged a while back.  So I thought "What are the chances I still have any screenshot?"  I looked in my Google Photos and searched for "Amiga", and nothing helpful came up.  Then I searched for "Startup-Sequence" and lo and behold, a screenshot of my Startup-Sequence from December 2017, and another from August 2017.     Obviously you'll need to adjust the parameters based on your amount of memory.

I don't remember how I even knew to set this up.  But I do remember that with the VXL + GVP Sidecar + MegaChip my A500 had a total of 18MB of memory (8MB 16-bit fast, 8MB 32-bit fast).  It worked well for a long time.   Years.  But I think one of the last times I used it, something wasn't working anymore.  I think maybe I fubar'd the VXL memory sidecar by overclocking the board.  Or maybe I'm just completely remembering wrong.  In any case, I hope this screenshot helps!

[SviRu]

Wow!  Holy nostalgia, batman.  I got an email that you'd tagged me.  My login for this site hasn't worked for a couple years, and honestly my A500 has sat in a box since we moved five years ago.  Life and work got in the way, you know how it goes.  I guess screenshots on this site got purged a while back.  So I thought "What are the chances I still have any screenshot?"  I looked in my Google Photos and searched for "Amiga", and nothing helpful came up.  Then I searched for "Startup-Sequence" and lo and behold, a screenshot of my Startup-Sequence from December 2017, and another from August 2017.     Obviously you'll need to adjust the parameters based on your amount of memory.

I don't remember how I even knew to set this up.  But I do remember that with the VXL + GVP Sidecar + MegaChip my A500 had a total of 18MB of memory (8MB 16-bit fast, 8MB 32-bit fast).  It worked well for a long time.   Years.  But I think one of the last times I used it, something wasn't working anymore.  I think maybe I fubar'd the VXL memory sidecar by overclocking the board.  Or maybe I'm just completely remembering wrong.  In any case, I hope this screenshot helps!

Thanks I have just tired VXL30 on my A500 but tog GURU while booting from 030. It booted fine when 68000 was used on the VXL card. I think I need to get a proper contact with the socket. I need to solder a new one as a first step. My VXL30 came with 33mhz cpu and 32mhz oscillator. I think rather uncommon setup? It is version 3 of the board.

[SviRu]

Sadly my VXL30 that I just bought is dead. U19 PAL chip is gone. Hot as surface of the sun.
01-901-U19

Does anyone ever tried to read contents of those PAL chips? Maybe somebody is able to?
Willing to pay for this. Thanks for help.